Unity Summary

In lines 1-5, as human beings, we are all uniquely different and at the same time uniquely the same. There are instincts, ideas, needs and dreams buried deep in our underlying unconsciousness that unite us all. The poet here is pondering the connection between all living things.

In lines 6-12, the poet is considering all things, how they are all connected. The poet is considering that the connection runs through not just human beings, but all things. We are one, but we are many. We are in everything.

In lines 13-19, he is saying that he is isolated, alone for long periods of time and far from home. He is trying to find his way, and he takes comfort in the idea that he is connected to everything and everyone in the world. How, throughout the ages, through time, we reach out and...